This year some of our children have been studying chemistry using the great books from Real Science-4-Kids. We are using Focus on Elementary Chemistry for both Chiquita (3rd grade) and Snuggles (1st grade). Twinkle Toes (4th grade) is working her way...
Outside my window... after a record-setting rainy September, we have finally been enjoying some beautiful fall weather!I am thinking... about ways I can reduce our monthly expenses and help supplement our (lack of) income,...
So, who else is thinking ahead and making plans for Advent and Christmas? With my younger children out of town I have quite the list of little projects I am hoping to complete over the next week, including wrapping some of the Christmas gifts I had (thankfully)...
With all those fun giveaways last week, I had quite a few entry slips to cut and fold today! It was actually just what I needed to help stop the tears and keep my mind off missing my babies...Before the furlough, Sean was scheduled to take his vacation leave...
We are so blessed to have two of my friends, who are Catholic mothers and home educators, tutoring our children through the home-based charter school we use. Our "allotment" goes quickly with the extra tutoring, so over the summer my friend Trina and I discussed...
Dear St. Thérèse, thou wert always good and obedient and always did the Will of God. Now thou art a great saint in heaven with God.Thy loving and tender heart rejoices to send down roses upon earth. O give me the sweet flower of a great...
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty}It's so exciting when our copy of Catholic Digest arrives in the mail each month and we can flip to my submission to see which pictures (including some that I submit with the article) were chosen to go...
I love you, good angel, My guardian dear.I know that I'll always Be safe while you're near.Enjoying his new colored pencils... ... while coloring this beautiful Guardian Angel Coloring Page! Stay with me, angel, Through daytime and...
I just finished posting the recipe for these Heavenly Garden Apple Rose Pastries over at Catholic Cuisine! You can find A Novena to Saint Thérèse beginning on her Feast Day here! I also have a copy of the Saint Thérèse the Little Flower Daily Journal to give...
The oldest two boys are off having fun with their grandma today, watching my youngest brother (both Kevin and David are on college golf teams this year!) compete in one of his college golf tournaments! My boys have only gotten to watch their uncle golf one other...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
